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⇒ едва не; чуть ли не | |||
barely; nearly; near; within an ace of; as near as; only not; had like; about (I about jumped out of my skin! • my heart just about jumped out of my chest • I came so close to the driveway that I about hit his car. 4uzhoj) | |||
within an ace of something (Alexander Demidov) | |||
as near as kiss your hand (Aly19); almost; just about (+ глагол прош. вр.: "Surrey a major Canadian city? just about crapped myself over that one! you'd have to pay me to live in Surrey!" ART Vancouver) | |||
all but; by inches; near to | |||
almost nearly | |||
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all but; within an ace of |
чуть не: 320 phrases in 19 subjects |
American usage, not spelling | 1 |
British usage, not spelling | 2 |
Business | 1 |
Chess | 1 |
Emphatic | 22 |
Figurative | 1 |
Figure of speech | 3 |
General | 153 |
Grammar | 2 |
Idiomatic | 15 |
Informal | 24 |
Literature | 2 |
Makarov | 78 |
Obsolete / dated | 2 |
Politics | 3 |
Proverb | 5 |
Saying | 2 |
Shipbuilding | 1 |
Slang | 2 |